Wildlifeof Vietnam
Oriental Skylark
Larks, Pipits & Wagtails
Photo: Pauline Carmel Joy Eje · CC BY 4.0
Alauda gulgula
Rare visitor: recorded only occasionally in this country
Basic stats
Diet
Seeds and insects
Habitat
Open grassland
Range
Sino-Indian region and parts of Central Asia
The Oriental skylark is a lark of the Sino-Indian region and parts of Central Asia. Like other skylarks it lives in open grassland, feeding on seeds and insects. Nine subspecies are accepted, and the nominate gulgula is listed as ranging from north-central India to Sri Lanka and east to Indochina. It is also called the small, eastern, Indian or lesser skylark (Wikipedia, general species account).
It was described in 1831 by James Franklin, and the meaning of the species name is uncertain.
Quick answers
- What does the Oriental Skylark eat?
- Seeds and insects
- What habitat does the Oriental Skylark live in?
- Open grassland
- Where is the Oriental Skylark found?
- Sino-Indian region and parts of Central Asia